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PEACE BROTHER

Ive always liked the peace symbol. I remember back in the day everyone used it. For me and the people I hung out with the symbol of peace was always positive, a sign of brotherly love.
There were negative jesters as well, such as the middle finger. No one liked the middle finger. The middle finger stirred up anger and hate. But the peace sign usually communicated a sense of love and acceptance.

Peace, ahh yes, Peace. The peace sign is still very popular today. And so is the middle finger. Nobody ever likes to get the middle finger but most all enjoy it when someone wishes you peace. Isn't that what we all want? Peace? In the hustle and bustle of everyday life filled with busy schedules and jammed freeways dont you just wish you had some Peace through it all? I think everyone can relate here. We just want PEACE.

But you know what I'm finding out is the peace we are all looking for is not so much a peace from our circumstances but rather we need Peace from OURSELVES. Were often looking for some kind of peace from outside of ourselves when what we really need is a Peace FROM ourselves.

We try to find peace in alcohol or medication or maybe we try and get it from a vacation or a 3 day weekend, or maybe we try to find it in buying things. Toys and what not.

From my own experience Ive found that it is my own evil heart that will not allow me to experience peace. In ME there lies a wickedness that robs me from the peace that I so much desire. My own heart is the very thing that keeps me from experiencing PEACE. And if your honest with yourself you will find that you too possess this anti Peace virus.

Isaiah 48:22 the Lord says; there is no Peace for the wicked.

When I look out for my own interests instead of the interests of others, I have no Peace. When I retaliate and return evil for evil, I have no peace. When I am envious of my neighbor, I have no peace. When I get upset and lash out to those who irritate me, I have no peace. Every day, all day long, I find within me an evil wicked heart that robs me from the peace that I so much desire.

Ahh, but atlas I have found the peace that I so desperately desire. I have not found this peace from within myself but rather from outside myself. I have also not found this peace from anything or any source that this world has to offer. I have found Peace in Jesus Christ.

Do you desire peace?

John 14:27 Jesus Christ said; Peace I leave with you and my peace I give to you.

Everyone wants peace. But are you willing to accept that within yourself you will never find it? Ahhh, but when you look outside of yourself, when you look to Jesus Christ and trust in Him for the forgiveness of your sins you will experience true PEACE. A Peace that surpasses all understanding. The peace and the love of God within your heart, in spite of yourself, even during your trying circumstances.



May the God of hope fill you with all Joy and Peace in believing,
Rom:15 13

SHALOM

Time is almost out!

Quickly, before its to late!

"Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven".

Lets seek for the Lords will to be done in our lives and within our realm of influence on earth TODAY as it is now being done in heaven.

Where's God?

As I scan the internet posts and blogs, as I visit the local churches, as I contemplate my own life and daily routine, I ask, where is God?

Hundreds of posts about the Christian life; once saved always saved? Pre Trib or Post Trib? Calvinism or dispensationalist? Music or no music?

And the churches! It seems to me that the only reason they include preaching, scripture reading, communion and worship is so that the people can walk away with a false sense that they have participated in their Christian duties and now they can feel real good about their TRUE religion, THE MODERN AMERICAN MORAL LIFESTYLE.

. You know, getting our education, buying a home, having one or two beautiful kids, becoming a soccer mom, having a prestige’s potion at work or in the church and playing the piano on Sunday mornings.

But, WHERE’S GOD?

Hasn’t God made it quite clear to us what it is that He desires from His people?

Yes I believe He has. The problem is that in these last days I believe we have compromised Gods known desire for His people. We have become calloused and board with the revealed will of God. We have substituted Gods will for SELF STIMULATION.


Micah 6:8
He has shown you, O man, what is good and what the Lord requires of you. But to do justly and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.

This is Gods will for us! Our number one ambition in life is to daily seek the Lord with all of our hearts, resist our own selfish desires as well as this world’s lusts and attractions and stimulate each other in our Lord Jesus Christ.

Come on Saints! Let’s lift up and glorify the Lord individually and stimulate each other on in good works. We have a higher calling! Let’s make it our ambition to KNOW our God in Jesus Christ. Let’s make it our desire to seek His face and to see His Glory as we fellowship together in His Spirit.

Amen and Amen!